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title: "Where Food Comes From"
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# Where Food Comes From

Where food comes from: which foods are grown, reared or caught (wheat, apples, milk, fish); how ingredients travel from farms and seas to shops; seasonality, and why some fruits and vegetables are only picked at certain times of year

Subject: Design & Technology · Area: Food & Cooking · Ages 5 to 8
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/design-and-technology/where-food-comes-from-mt_HTJsTS1XzU

## Ready when they can

- Say whether familiar foods are grown, reared or caught (e.g. bread starts as wheat, fish fingers as fish)
- Describe the steps between farm and plate for one food (e.g. milk goes from cow to dairy to bottle)
- Name fruits or vegetables that are in season at different times of year (e.g. strawberries in summer)

## Lesson: Where Food Comes From

Every food starts somewhere. Bread starts as wheat, a plant that grows in fields. Fish fingers start as fish, caught in the sea. Milk comes from cows on a farm.

*(drawing: Milk's journey: cow, dairy, bottle, then shop.)*

**Example.** Mia eats toast for breakfast. The bread came from wheat. Farmers grew the wheat in fields. Then the wheat became flour, and the flour became bread.

**Tip.** Not all fruits grow all year round. Strawberries taste best in summer. That is when they are in season.

**Recap.** Foods are grown, reared or caught, then travel to your plate.

## Practice

8 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [Wild, Farm & Pet Animals](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/wild-farm-and-pet-animals-mt_muxjw0fxxN)

## Opens up

- [Processing, Packaging and Food Miles](https://lightmysky.com/learn/design-and-technology/processing-packaging-and-food-miles-mt_MOrYB3f7qg)
- [Cooking and Food Preparation](https://lightmysky.com/learn/design-and-technology/cooking-and-food-preparation-mt_rEYrcOo7Vu)